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HUGH ,ii-.jouaient ORNE-W YORKVV Y Letters Patent No. 7 6,403, datedApi-Z 7, 1868; cmtcdateet April I, 1868.

IMPROl-TEMBNT IN WATER-CLOSER.

dllgt- Stlptnle ttfettet in in lgcst tettcts lzttcnt :nu mating nrt nttige arme T0 ALL WI-IOM I'l MAYCONGERNz- Be it known that I, I-IUeII H.GRAIGIE, of the city and State of New York, have invented, made, andapplied to use, a certain new and useful Improvement in. Water-Closets;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the said invention, reference being had to the annexeddrawing, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 isavertical section of my improved water-closet.

Figure 2 is a sectional plan of the same at the line cv'fc, and

Figure 3 is a sectional plan of the horn and water-way.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

Panwatcr-clo'sets are not cleanly. The pan, as it drops down, causes thecontents t0 be Spilledout on the sides of the hopper. Besides this, thepans themselves very speedily become destroyed, or di'icultto keepclean.

I make use of a vitriiied pan, that is the section of a globe, or nearlyso, and swings on centres at its sides, in order that the sectionmaydraw away from below the contents of the'closet, allowing them to fallvertically into the soil-pipe. o

In the drawing, a is the soil-pipe, b a hopper of inet-al, extending upin about the form shown, and having a hollow arm, c, passing off to oneside. d is the basin, of china or similar material, supported by a.flange at its upper edge, resting on top of the hopper. .e is avitrilied pan, formed as a concave, the section of a globe, and hung by'straps e attached by centres o at the sides of the hopper b, so that thepan e can be swung aside on the line, or nearlyso, of its own curvature,`and thereby draw directly from under the contents, and allow the sameto drop into the soil-pipe a, and, when in place, retains suiiicientWater to trap the lower end of the closet-basin. In order to move thepan e, I employ` a. lever, f, hinged. at g, and connected by the link kto the f'underside of the pan e. Zis the pull .of the closet, passingdown aud united by the link z' to the leverf.

The blue lines show the position cf the parts when the pan is drawnaside.

I prefer that the link z' be connected at its upper end to the nut m onthe pull Z, so'that, by turning the pull, the parts may be`adjusted, anda'set-nut, m,`or sleeve, on the rod Z, determine the height to which thepull may be drawn; said nut or sleeve taking against the under side ofthe cover of the hollow arm c. In order to sustain the socket 'n of thepull l, I make use'oi` au adjustable bracket, p, secured to the side ofthe hollow arm e by the screw q, so that the pull may be kept in itsproper position relatively to the other parts of the closet, but it canbe raised or lowered to accommodate the thickness of the seat orwood-work of the closet.

I form the upper part of the basin d as au annular water-way, s, openingdownwardly, so as to wash the interior surface of the basin, and Isupply the water' through a horn or pipe, t, on one side of thiswater-way, (see sectional plan, fig. 3,) and introduce thereinto thetriangular dedector u, that causes the water to pass olf both waysthrough the said water-way s, and I provideV ahole or opening at v, toallow suiicient water to pass through this deliector to wash theinterior of the basin below the point where it is introduced.

The valve or cock that supplies water to the closet may he of anydesired character, and be operated by au arm on the axis of the leverf,as extended at w.

It will be evident that the pan e might be swung by au attachment to theslings that suspend the same at the point of their connection to thepan, in which case the hollow arm from the hopper might be dispensedwith. The pan e might be mounted in curved slides, instead of hangingfrom centres.

The metallic hopperb, extending up and enclosing the basin d, (which isof poreelain,) sustains the same" by a flange around its upper edge, andprotects the basin from injury.

What I claim, and desire to-secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A pan, formed as a section of a globe, or nearly so, andinountedsubstantially as specified, so as to move ne arly in the line of its owncurva-ture, in combination-with a water-closet basin.

2. .I claim a hollow arm, extending out' on one sido oi' the hopper, incombination with the pan fitted to be moved, as specified, by mechanismintroduced within said arm, substantially as set forth.

3. I claim the combination of'a pan, made and moving as spccied, with awater-closet basin, and metallic hopper extending up around said basin,as and for thc purposes st forth.

4. I claim the apular water-way s, in combination with the deectox u.with :m opening through it, in the' manner and'for the purposes setforth.4

Dated this 22d day of July, A. D; 1867.

HUGH H. CRAIGIE. Witnesses Cms. H. SMITH, GEO. D. WALKER.

